The candy canes won't bend themselves

Iva Candy, Head of Elf and Safety at the North Pole Candy Facility commented: “Rudolph always likes to get a good feed before the big journey, as it takes a lot of effort to travel the world delivering presents. Usually he’s happy with his pre-flight meal of hay and magic fairy dust, but when one of the elves left the candy store door open on Friday, all that was left on Monday morning was an empty warehouse and one very fat reindeer.”

The elves were soon in contact with Barnshaws to bend the new shipment of candy. Luckily, despite the tight deadline, Barnshaws had the capacity to deliver.

Stuart Anderson, Sales Manager at Barnshaws, explained: “This is the second time we’ve had the honour of working with this client, as last year we bent the stainless steel tube runners on Santa’s new sleigh. We settled on induction bending for this project, as cold bending candy can lead to the cane breaking during the process. With the candy heated, we could create a smooth even curve to the required radii, allowing the canes to be packed in a uniform manner for transit around the world. We didn’t hear from Santa himself, so we assumed the elves wanted to keep this one under wraps.”

Barnshaws were able to deliver the candy canes on-time to CE (Candy Excellence) standards, the top sweetification of candy quality, giving the ever busy North Pole elves time to pack the candy canes for delivery to children all around the world.

Harry Bo, Canetenance Manager at the North Pole expressed: “Rudolph was more of a green-faced reindeer than a red-nosed one after his binge, but after a strict diet of brussels sprouts he’s now feeling ready for the big push on the 25th. Thanks to Barnshaws, everything should go as planned.”